Urals | Materials, extraction

LUKOIL to build compressor station at the Nakhodkinsky deposit

LUKOIL – West Siberia has announced plans to build a main compressor station at the Nakhodkinsky deposit in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

Investment in the project has yet to be disclosed.

The station’s first launch complex projected annual capacity is 18 billion cubic meters of gas. After the second complex is launched the maximum capacity is to reach 27 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

The station’s first launch complex is scheduled to be put into commission in 2012. Further timeframes for the project have yet to be disclosed.